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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Columbia, SC

July 24, 2024Kershaw County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2024, 5:43 PM EDT for Kershaw County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 89 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2024, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2024, 7:12 PM EDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Kershaw County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 340 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2024-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 252 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2024-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichland43 min
Jul 23, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick53 min
Jul 23, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick42 min
Jul 23, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAENewberry, Saluda46 min
Jul 23, 11:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield29 min
Jul 23, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda29 min
Jul 24, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichland23 min
Jul 24, 12:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichland29 min
Jul 24, 12:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland62 min
Jul 24, 12:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAELexington, Richland111 min
Jul 24, 1:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELee, Richland38 min
Jul 24, 1:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEKershaw, Lee, Richland2 hr
Jul 24, 1:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield59 min
Jul 24, 1:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEKershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter38 min
Jul 24, 2:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield24 min
Jul 24, 2:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield52 min
Jul 24, 4:19 AM EDTFlood WatchCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 6 more44 hr
Jul 24, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon33 min
Jul 24, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon27 min
Jul 24, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun, Orangeburg31 min
Jul 24, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBamberg25 min
Jul 24, 3:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEOrangeburg103 min
Jul 24, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun, Sumter26 min
Jul 24, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield, McCormick28 min
Jul 24, 4:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland95 min
Jul 24, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw26 min
Jul 24, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington50 min
Jul 24, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEKershaw, Richland68 min
Jul 24, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEFairfield53 min
Jul 24, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBarnwell23 min
Jul 24, 7:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAENewberry104 min
Jul 24, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke31 min
Jul 24, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke35 min
Jul 24, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELincoln43 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.